The Garuda or Garida is an ancient bird, which is similar to that of the Roc, it could block out the sun with its wings and could pick up elephants in its talons. The Garuda has a beak like that of an wings of a bird of prey, the head was white in colour and the wings scarlet and the body was a golden yellow colour. It was sometimes called the bird of life. The Garuda was the feared enemy of the Nagas.